• rodbiren@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    For what it is worth, it is useful to come to the conclusion that the brain is an awful place to store something you want to remember. It may not be a list, but I certainly remember better outside my head than inside. Developing tooling that works for you is important to coming to grips with your brain.

    • BeAware@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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      8 months ago

      Everyone is different and I’d go so far to say that there’s probably a HEFTY chunk of individuals that this wouldn’t work for, me included.

      I don’t forget to do things. My brain just refuses to acknowledge that they’re urgent to do.🤷‍♂️

      • rodbiren@midwest.social
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        8 months ago

        My favorite strategy is literally putting crap I need to remember in my way. Remember my daughter’s jacket for school? You belong in front of the door now. Need to remember making a meal? Gonna leave out a bunch of ingredients on the counter. Everybody is different, I just find that kind of stuff works for me too.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        my brain is an infinite ikea filled with filing cabinets, staffed by a single slightly confused librarian who has to navigate by leaving scratches on the walls

        once the librarian finds the relevant filing cabinet there’s all the information you could possibly want, but good luck finding that one specific cabinet.

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    To-Do lists have been instrumental in me handling my ADHD. Is it easy to make a list? Yes. Is it easy to get carried away and make 1000 lists, lists of lists? Also yes. Is it easy to get started? Hell no. But once you do, completing shit becomes addicting. Mindfulness is key. Make sure you’re not beating yourself up if you miss items on the list, but try to do as much as you can. You’ll be exhausted, and you’ll feel like you haven’t wasted the day.

    • BeAware@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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      8 months ago

      At the end of the day, everyone’s different and has different things that work for them.🤷‍♂️

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      8 months ago

      Counted from the top? I’ve done several times now and it looks and sounds good to me.🤷‍♂️

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      8 months ago

      I guess it works if you include the TODO in “TO DO List”, which i also didn’t include at first.

      • BeAware@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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        8 months ago

        I’ve spent WAY too much time today listening to this theme song and counting the To dos and I still cannot hear more than 7. If you’re counting 8 then maybe our ears are just on different wavelengths.🤣